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In my heart, I'm so far from done.
It's not a sprint to get in shape.
I want to win a gold medal in London.
Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.
My mom is a constant in my life in so many ways.
I want to be efficient and effective in everything I do.
I want to be the best role model I can be for my family.
I think the hard part is over. Now it's time for us to play.
I love that our sport is sexy. I think it is appropriately so.
I honestly feel like my job since I was 22 has been to be an Olympian.
I used to sleep, eat, breathe volleyball. Now I have that with my kids.
We want to seal the deal that we're the best team that's ever happened.
We were very aggressive, and when we're aggressive, it's hard to stop us.
Adversity, if you allow it to, will fortify you and make you the best you can be.
I don't want to be better than you or her or him - I want to be better than I am right now
A true competitor works the hardest, cares the most, and makes the best of what they have.
I want our kids to know that we have to feel our bodies. And nutrition is a huge part of that.
The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.
Misty May was looking for a partner, I was looking to stay at home, and the beach just came calling.
My job is to be fit and I'm really blessed that I get to go and work out and live a really healthy lifestyle.
People think we have coasted the last four years. We fought, we had a lot of battles. We've always had to battle.
You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner.
Sometimes it's just the beer and bikinis that get people to come and watch, but it's the competition that's keeping them there.
I firmly believe that when you have a foundation of respect, love of what you're doing, and a shared vision, so much is possible.
Being a working mommy is something I've always wanted to be. My mother is my biggest role model and she showed me how to do it right.
We have to fight the entire time, we can't start at the end when it's getting down to crunch time. We can't leave anything on the floor.
We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years.
The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it.
It's the best thing in the world, the most challenging thing in the world, being a parent, and one of the first lessons I learned was to ask for help.
That's a very privileged job and I love it with all my heart. I'm planning on playing my best volleyball to date throughout 2016 and certainly during the Olympics.
We had two goals...One was to cherish every moment together, cherish the journey because the journey allows you to learn and grow. The other was to win a gold medal.
Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.
[Nutrition] is a huge piece of the puzzle. It's not just about working hard and being physical. It's about being smart and mindful of what's going in and out of our bodies.
I'm doing mental training as well. So, you know, body, mind, and spirit - everything is being addressed, every single day. Generally I'll have three training sessions a day.
At some point you're like, gosh, this rehab is never going to end, and then all of a sudden I'm full strength and I'm about to go to my first competition. So I feel really great.
To me, crying is not a sign of weakness. She wants it that bad and she puts her whole heart into it. She had really high expectations, and that's why she's so good. She just had a bad game.
If you are not prepared, you cannot work out intensely. If you do not perform, you cannot get results, and if you can't do your best to recover, you won't get the benefits of your hard work.
What's not to love about us! People got to know Misty and me in Athens. We've continued to be successful and continued to connect with the fans. I promise we're going to be tough to get rid of.
That wall is your mind playing tricks on you. You just need to say, 'One more step, I can do this. I have more in me.' You'll be so proud of yourself once you push yourself past your threshold.
You have to rely on your support system. Growing up, I always thought it was a sign of weakness to ask for help, but now I realize it's really a sign of strength to say, 'I need help, I can't do it all.'
But they've [my children] made me better. They hold me more accountable for who I am and who I aspire to be, and they make me want to be better. And that's not just as a mommy, but as a woman and as an athlete.
I switched from indoor to beach I had been playing indoor for 12 years. And, to be honest, to make a living indoors you have to go overseas. I am such a family girl and just wanted to be home, so that didn't appeal to me.
When I'm sore, ice is my best friend. It really works. I take omega-3s every day, which helps with inflammation. And I try to eat things that won't inflame my joints, like fresh fruits and veggies, lean protein, and seafood.
Breathe, believe, and battle.' My former coach, Troy Tanner, told us that before each match. Breathe-be in the moment. Believe-have faith that you can rise above it. Battle-you gotta be prepared to go for as long as it takes.
And it's given me great perspective. It makes me really focused and efficient, which - I was focused before I had babies but I wasted a lot of time. Prior to having babies I thought I was so busy and now I realize just how ignorant I was.
Misty [May] and I had something magical, and I think at the basis of that was so much trust. Especially in the really competitive situations where it really felt do-or-die, we were unbreakable. We always stuck together, even if we lost we were together.
My support system, in my surgeon, my P.T., my pilates, my weightlifting, everything that I'm doing to make my body and my mind stronger is just, you know, has been on point. So I feel very prepared for the journey to qualify, and the journey to wear the gold medal.
I take my role as an ambassador for the sport, and as a role model for boys, girls, mommies, daddies - whoever it is - very, very seriously. I know the impact my role models have had in my life, and I'm in a really beautiful position to be able to be that for others.
Well there's only one way to prepare for playing beach volleyball, and that's by getting in the sand. But offseason is really important because generally I'm staying off the sand and getting my feet under me, and it's really important for my body to know what it feels like to have sound footing under me.
I just think the whole mindset of Pilates is huge. Pilates 101 is just to use your core in the right way. A lot of us don't use every little detailed muscle in our core. We all use the big muscles in our body and don't focus on the little ones. That mindset and awareness is huge. I take that with me wherever I go.